New Lighthouse

New Lighthouse is a lighthouse in , . New Lighthouse is situated near , as well as near the village .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: lighthouse built 1979
  • Also known as: “Pondicherry lighthouse”, “Pondicherry Lighthouse”, and “புதுச்சேரி கலங்கரை விளக்கம்”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Puducherry railway station and Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Railway station
Photo: BishkekRocks, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an NSG–4 category Indian… is situated 1 km north of New Lighthouse.

Church
Photo: BishkekRocks, CC BY-SA 3.0.
… is situated 1¼ km north of New Lighthouse.

Church
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Immaculate Conception Cathedral is the cathedral… is situated 2 km north of New Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pondicherry and Veerampattinam.

Photo: Hshook, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Puducherry or Pondy, is a city in .

Village
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is the largest coastal village in the… is situated 2½ km south of New Lighthouse.

Town
is a city, a municipality and a taluk… is situated 4 km northwest of New Lighthouse.

New Lighthouse

Latitude
11.9166° or 11° 54′ 60″ north
Longitude
79.83085° or 79° 49′ 51″ east
Established
1979
Height
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
7J3XWR8J+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 140339749
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
13494521
Wiki­data ID
Q108678539
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